Improved folding chair



UNITED STATES PATENT UEEIGE.

GEORGEI MCALEER, OF `VVORCESLER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED FOLDING CHAIR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 105.472, dated July 19,1870.

` To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MGALEEE, of the city of Worcester, in thecounty of Worcester and the State of Massachusetts, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Folding Chairs; and I do hereby declare that'the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved chair unfolded for use, partsbeing broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a side view of thesame folded. Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing a modification of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved folding chair,simple in construci tion, strong, durable, not liable to get out oforder, and which may be folded into a compact form for storagelortransportation; and it consists in the construction and combination.

ot' various parts of the chair, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the short legs of the chair-frame,which are connected to eachother near their lower ends by a round, B, and at their upper ends by around,(l. D are the other or front legs, which are extended upward toforni the posts to support the back. The legs D are pvoted to the sidesof the legs A by pivoting pins or bolts E, as shown in Figs. l and 2, sothat the legs A may close up or be folded between the legs D, as shownin Fig. 2.

F is the panel or rigid back, which is placed between the legs or postsD, the same being firmly pivoted to the said posts by pivots G, attachedto the back F, or formed upon the ends of the round or bar that formsthe upper end of the said back.

To the sides of the lower end of the back F are pivoted the rear orupper ends of the bars or links H, the lower or forward ends of whichare pivoted to the1short legs A a little below the points at which thesaid legs A are pivoted tothe legs D, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

The bars or links H are made with a curve The forward part of the seat Jrests upon and i is pivoted to the round C, that connects the upper endsof the legs A, so that its rear end may be raised freely in folding thechair. The rear end of the seat J may, if desired, work in a slot in theback F.

To the sides ofthe forward end of the seat J are pivoted the lower endsof the arms K, blocks or washers, of about the thickness of the post-sD, being interposed between the said seat and the said arms. The upperparts of the arms K are pivoted to the posts D by bolts or pins, whichare secured to said posts, and which pass through slots in the saidarms, so that the arms K slide up along the posts l) when the chair isfolded.

The seat J may be madeilexible, if desired, and the chair may beupholstered in any desired style.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. rlhe links or bars H, or their equivalent, incombination with the movable back F and pivoted legs A and D,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination of the round or barI with the bars or links H andpivoted seat J, substantially as herein shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

3. The combination of the legs A and D, movable back F, pivoted bars orlinks H, piv-` oted and sliding arms K, and seat J witheach other,whether the saidl seat be rigid or flexible, substantially as hereinshown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

GEORGE MCALEER. lVitnesses THoMAs H. REED, J AMES H. DoHER'rY.

